.TH "PAPI_get_hardware_info" 3 "Tue Jan 15 2013" "Version 5.1.0.2" "PAPI" \" -*- nroff -*-
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.SH NAME
PAPI_get_hardware_info \- 
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get information about the system hardware  

.SH SYNOPSIS
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.SH "Detailed Description"
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In C, this function returns a pointer to a structure containing information about the hardware on which the program runs. In Fortran, the values of the structure are returned explicitly.
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\fBReturn values:\fP
.RS 4
\fIPAPI_EINVAL\fP One or more of the arguments is invalid.
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\fBNote:\fP
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The C structure contains detailed information about cache and TLB sizes. This information is not available from Fortran.
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\fBExamples:\fP
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        const PAPI_hw_info_t *hwinfo = NULL;
        if (PAPI_library_init(PAPI_VER_CURRENT) != PAPI_VER_CURRENT)    
        exit(1);
        if ((hwinfo = PAPI_get_hardware_info()) == NULL)
        exit(1);
        printf('%d CPUs at %f Mhz.\en',hwinfo->totalcpus,hwinfo->mhz);

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\fBSee also:\fP
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\fBPAPI_hw_info_t\fP 
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\fBPAPI_get_executable_info\fP, \fBPAPI_get_opt\fP, \fBPAPI_get_dmem_info\fP, \fBPAPI_library_init\fP 
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